Herman B Wells Library

05/22/2026

It may not look like it on this cool and rainy day, but summer is here! The Wells Library will be open normal hours Saturday and Sunday but we will be CLOSED on Monday, May 25 for the Memorial Day holiday. We'll reopen Tuesday.

Other libraries on campus will also be closed on Monday. For weekend hours, check our website (link in comments).

05/07/2026

You all.

The numbers are in from IU Day.

The Archives received donations from 45 individuals who pushed us over the finish line for our crowdfunding goal. We also secured several IUF bonus incentives AND was the recipient of an additional $10,000 from the Indiana University Foundation in a hat draw of units that met their goal.

An IU Day GRAND TOTAL OF $23,171!!!

The support is so touching and we are just so grateful. Thank you, thank you!!

Funds will go to our Mary Brown Craig University Archives Special Projects Fund and as many of you know, the first project is digitization of the Indiana Daily Student. It's an expensive project, but this will allow us to continue to move forward in making this resource more readily available to all! https://give.myiu.org/iu-bloomington/I320016600.html

📸: Palmer Little crosses the finish line, 1926. IU Archives P0020895

05/06/2026

Information for students about "Safer Together - An Archival Remix Contest"

05/04/2026

Once Finals Week ends, summer hours begin! The Wells Library will observe summer session hours beginning on Saturday, May 9 through July 31 as follows:
Monday-Thursday: 8am-8pm
Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday: 12pm-5pm
Sunday: 12pm-8pm

We will be CLOSED on the following holidays:
Memorial Day (May 25)
Juneteenth (June 19)
Independence Day (July 3 and 4)

We're looking forward to a great summer!

05/04/2026

More on Moira Marsh, librarian for Anthropology & Archaeology, Folklore & Ethnomusicology, and Sociology: https://libraries.indiana.edu/moira-marsh

A couple weeks ago we celebrated Dr. Moira Marsh, our Folklore subject librarian, on her retirement! Congratulations on a great career Moira!

Herman B Wells Library

04/28/2026

It's crunch time, and you know you study better at the library, but it's too crowded or the weather isn't great or you're just too tired to get there. Now you can study with us at the Wells Library no matter where you are! (Or you can even use the video if you're actually in the library.)

This two-hour video will keep you company while you study, using the Pomodoro Technique: 25 minutes of study, followed by a 5-minute break, for a total of two hours. Let us know if it helps you succeed!

Find the video at https://go.iu.edu/librarystudy.

04/22/2026

Happy IU Day! We'd love to have you celebrate with us by helping the Indiana University Archives digitize another decade of the IDS!

04/20/2026

An exhibition at the Indiana University Archives highlights the work of Robert O’Hearn, an IU alumnus and former Indiana University Jacobs School of Music professor who achieved international acclaim as a set and costume designer.

Curated by IU Luddy Department of Information and Library Science graduate student Megan Sherry, the exhibition emphasizes O’Hearn’s enduring impact on opera, ballet, and theater across the United States and Europe. The exhibit is open to the public through June 27 at the Herman B Wells Library.